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Wärtsilä Regas modules
supplied for China’s first
new built FSRU
The technology group Wärtsilä has successfully managed and completed delivery of three large-scale regasification modules for China’s first new built LNG Floating Storage Regasification Unit (FSRU). The vessel, the ‘Transgas Power’, was built at the Hudong- Zhonghua shipyard in Shanghai for Greek operator Dynagas. Delivery of the modules was completed on March 28 and the FSRU was launched two days later.
Wärtsilä designed the modules and sourced the required equipment, including valves and instruments, from suppliers around the world. The contract to fabricate the units was awarded to the Cosco shipyard in Qidong, China in September 2018. The work has been managed and coordinated from Wärtsilä’s office in Asker, Norway. The completed products were delivered on time and with high quality.
“Building Regas modules is something
of a jigsaw puzzle. However, thanks to detailed planning, excellent teamwork, open communication, and great cooperation
we delivered the project to the client’s full satisfaction and on schedule. We always
aim to be the best possible partner to our customers, which apart from offering technical solutions at the highest level, involves listening closely to the client, and striving always to fulfil his expectations,” says project manager Geir Kirkemo, Gas Solutions, Wärtsilä Marine.
“A big thank you to the Wärtsilä project team for their great efforts and good work that has been performed. You have gone the extra mile for us, and the cooperation has been smooth, allowing us to make a successful delivery of the ship to the owner,” says Ms
WenQing Zang, manager supply department at Hudong-Zhonghua.
The three regasification modules weigh 450, 80, and 240 tonnes. In addition, Wärtsilä also supplied related regasification equipment comprising pumps, heat exchangers, valves, and instrumentation for installation in the engine room. A second FSRU being built at the same yard for Dynagas, also featuring Wärtsilä regasification modules, is scheduled for delivery in mid-July 2020.
The original contract with Wärtsilä was signed in September 2017. The regasification system supplied is based on the use of seawater and steam as energy sources,
and water/glycol as the energy carrier in a combined loop. The plant consists of three trains, each with a capacity of 250 million standard cubic feet per day (mmscfd) or approximately 500 m3/h, and a common suction drum.
WÄRTSILÄ, May 12, 2020
GasLog announces delivery of the GasLog Wales and commencement of 12-year charter with JERA
GasLog yesterday took delivery of the GasLog Wales, a 180,000 cubic meter cargo capacity LNG carrier with dual fuel medium speed propulsion (X-DF) and Mark III Flex Plus containment system. The vessel immediately commenced a 12-year charter with the principal LNG shipping entity of Japan’s Jera.
Paul Wogan, chief executive officer
of GasLog, stated: “I am very pleased to announce the delivery of the GasLog Wales and commencement of her 12-year charter to JERA, one of the world’s largest LNG buyers. The vessel is the second of seven vessels we will be taking delivery of through the third quarter of 2021, representing approximately $145mn of incremental EBITDA per annum
once fully delivered.
I want to thank our crew, site team and
shore staff as well as our partners at Samsung for their hard work and dedication in delivering the GasLog Wales safely and on budget, despite the many challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.”
GASLOG, May 12, 2020
Japan’s first LNG bunkering vessel launched – operations to begin in autumn 2020
Japan’s first LNG bunker vessel (LBV) was successfully launched at the Sakaide Works of Kawasaki Heavy Industries.
The LBV is scheduled to be delivered at the end of September 2020 and will be the first LBV to be operated in Japan. After the delivery, the LBV will be based at JERA’s Kawagoe Thermal Power Station and commence ship-to-ship LNG bunkering business for LNG-fueled vessels.
In 2018, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (“K”
Line), JERA, Toyota Tsusho Corporation, and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line) jointly established Central LNG Shipping Japan Corporation (CLS), which owns the LBV and ordered its building, and Central LNG Marine Fuel Japan Corporation (CLMF), which will promote the LNG bunkering business in the Chubu (central) region of Japan.
The expertise and strengths of each company will be utilised to provide LNG bunkering solution in the Chubu region and promote a shift to marine LNG for ships. TOYOTA TSUSHO, May 13, 2020
AUSTRALASIA
Woodside has awarded
a supply and fabrication
contract to WA-based
engineering company
Civmec for the Pluto-
Karratha Gas Plant (KGP)
Interconnector project
Woodside has awarded a supply and fabrication contract to WA-based engineering
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